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Your favorite very large, Mexican-Elvis-inspired Battery Park Stephen Starr restaurant is now doing a pretty serious lunch-burrito operation. But how will you know which when there are so many to choose from? Well, this one’s called El Vez Burrito, whose purpose we pretty much already covered. It’s burritos for you, and it’s open on the east side of El
You’re living in a golden age of bar food. An age when restless Michelin-starred chefs just want to do something “simple,” resulting in a world where beer nuts give way to sumptuous frog-leg wontons, and so on. Speaking of sumptuous... Let’s take a look at The State of New York Bar Food, a slideshow wherein you become consumed with desire to eat
It appears as though legit Tex-Mex is having a moment in our fair city. Here’s a list of things wrong with that: ... thus concludes the list. So let’s take a look at El Original, a gargantuan Hell’s Kitchen Texas + Mexico spot from some actual Texans. It’s partially opening Thursday and fully opening next Friday. Just a primer before we have you look at
The noble chicken’s had a pretty rough time of it on earth. We’d like to say it’ll get better for the species. But... no, not today. Because you’re now lusting after Streetbird Rotisserie, part hip-hop museum, part diner, part chicken shack, all from Marcus Samuelsson. It’s open now in Harlem, and here’s what to know: Chicken is mainly performed in the
Gargantuan French markets in your life today: now more common than gargantuan French markets in your life yesterday. And that pretty much sums up Le District—it’s basically an indoor village of French food in all its many forms, now open at Brookfield Place. The Eataly of French food. It’s the obvious analogy to make here, and it’s the correct one. With
Today marks the start of four straight days of rain. Drag. But it also marks the start of something that’s pretty much the total opposite of four straight days of rain. Something called Manila Social, a crush-worthy Filipino-ish date spot on a quiet corner in Williamsburg. It’s open now. For a time, this was a mere pop-up. Now the popping is
What do Communist legend Mao Zedong and a toreador have in common? A) They both fought bulls. B) They both ran China. C) They’re both on the wall of this place. Answer: Though we wish it were A, it is C. And that’s because it’s Tasca Chino, a Spanish restaurant combined with a Chinese restaurant to make one big Gramercy... restaurant. It’s opening
Did you know you’re going to lunch in the Bronx soon? Yeah, we’re as surprised as you. And yet, here we are. Talking about Hudson Garden Grill, a big box of sunshine and glorious lunches at the New York Botanical Garden, from expert restaurant-opener Stephen Starr. It’s open today. This is right in the middle of an honest-to-God arboretum. And right now,
That weekend just—it was here and it was wonderful and then it was gone. So quickly. Where’d it go? The only thing that could possibly soften the blow of its departure is Rebelle, a large patch of brick, light, wine and comely plates of French nourishment from the gentlemen of Pearl & Ash, opening tonight right next to that very establishment. The
Look, we’ve gotten pretty close, right? So we don’t think it’s too bold of us to assume you’d like, at some point soon, to be drinking under the warm sun by a river. Just tell us if we’ve overstepped our bounds on that one. If not, here’s Industry Kitchen, a waterfront behemoth of beer, cocktails and pretty much every kind of food, opening Monday near the
